English Heather Those who migrate to Scotland in August and,
whether interested, or not in grouse, grow ecstatic about the glory of bell-heather, may forget how beautiful are the commons up to the very edge of London. Ling is the prevailing heath, and it opens very much at the same time as the ericas. It now approaches its best moment, and in amongst and around it is a great profusion of harebells, which are known as the bluebells of Scotland. The same commons are odorous with thyme and yellow bed- straw, which is as little "fast of the scent" as was the gorse. The juniper, too, adds to the dispersed scent, whenever the sun shines. A wild flower, common enough in such places, is betony, which is perhaps worth a niche in the garden. Like the thyme, and not least the harebell, it is wont to suffer from elephantiasis when so transplanted. The harebell also becomes a much finer flower.
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